Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Charleston, SC

June 9, 1995Allendale County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 8:08 PM EDT for Allendale County, South Carolina; Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, SC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCHS 100008 RRA
SVRCHS
GAC251-SCC005-100115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
808 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  GEORGIA
 
   ...SCREVEN COUNTY
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ALLENDALE COUNTY
 
RADAR IS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SCREVEN AND
ALLENDALE COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS DOWNED TREES IN BURKE COUNTY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
TJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBeaufort40 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBerkeley59 min
Jun 9, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSJenkins62 min
Jun 9, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBulloch, Candler65 min
Jun 9, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEffingham55 min
Jun 9, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSEvans, Tattnall69 min
Jun 9, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSBryan, Chatham69 min
Jun 9, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLong65 min
Jun 9, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHSLiberty, McIntosh64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.